up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we ve got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. and court action set to resume shortly. our nbc news reporters are here with all the latest developments, and we begin in south carolina where alec murdaugh is due back on the stand any minute now. nbc s catie beck is outside the courthouse. we were watching together that withering cross-examination from the prosecution today, accusing murdaugh of manufacturing
case. i don t think it s a great case. the theory of motive doesn t really land with me that he wanted his wife and son to be dead so that he would be more sympathetic. it s not the same as saying i don t think he could be guilty of this crime. i think there were better motives. family violence is a really common thing, actually, people who are angry with themselves and the world do kill their wives and their sons. i think they could have described the motive differently. i think there are a couple of questions that are hard to understand. why were there two different guns if one person did it. maybe it s because he wanted it to seem more confusing than it is, but i think in the end, they have developed with him on the stand, their best evidence, which is he was there at the site of the crime. like ten minutes before these two were murdered, and he lied about that. and if i were them, i would make sure that that fact is front and center in the minds of the jurors as they go home.
abby: adult bank he used a bump stock. here in the gunfire i d be quite surprised if he didn t. transfer you might be right about that. officer newton said he could see it, he had written the elevation. he was on the job for what is below what the from the crowd. he had that figured out so you would know were to shoot to hit its targets. he was on the 32 floor of that. there s no suicide note, at least not yet. that note doesn t give an idea. the motive doesn t say i m going to kill myself. he wanted to try to get out alive assisting from other evidence. last night on saturday night live. on one hand there s a wonderful tribute. jason aldean providing a tribute to tom petty who just passed. abby: there is jason aldean
three states is in custody and could appear in court for extradition hearings as early as today. elias abuelazam wanted for a series of fatal attacks was moments away from fleeing the country. steve osunsami reports on how he was captured. reporter: police in three states believe their serial killer is this man, 33-year-old elias abuelazam, an israeli national, here legally and he last worked at this michigan liquor store, not far from one of the alleged stabbings. he said he was leaving to go see some relatives and he never came back to work. i am totally shocked. totally. reporter: police say he was minutes from leaving the country and trying to get on a flight from atlanta to tel aviv with an expired israeli passport. investigators were on to him. they paged him on the airport intercom. when he walked up to the ticket counter, they took him in. we don t have a motive yet. at many times the motive doesn t appear until later in the investigation.